APC-led Government Gradually Killing Ijaw People - Briggs

A Niger Delta right activist, Ms Annkio Briggs is accusing the All Progressives Congress-led government of killing Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a former governor of Bayelsa state.

According to Briggs, Alamieyeseigha died from the psychological torture and emotional stress he was subjected to, following recent moves by the British government to extradite him back to London to face corruption charges, Daily Trust reports.

Late Chief Alamieyeseigha, Former Governor of Bayelsa State

She explained that the ex-governor was away on a medical trip in Dubai when reports of the move to extradite him to the UK came up.

Briggs said: “There were plans to arrest him in Dubai, so he hurriedly returned to Nigeria. As soon as he came back, he was hounded by agencies of the federal government until he became ill.

“Alamieyeseigha was granted pardon by the federal government having lost almost all his property, yet they connived with British government to extradite him over an issue that has been settled.”

The activist lamented that the federal government was gradually killing Ijaw people through orchestrated psychological torture. “They have succeeded in killing Alamieyeseigha and they are presently hounding Diezani, but they will not succeed,” she stated.

Briggs noted that there were so many corrupt Nigerians who looted the nation dry and are roaming the streets free without any harassment.

She said the Ijaw group would not sit and watch while its people were being hounded to death.

She warned the federal government not to bother sending a condolence message to the family of Alamieyeseigha as it will be rejected.

The former governor died at the weekend at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. He was said to have slipped into a coma two days before his death and was placed on life support. Esueme Dan-Kikili, the Bayelsa state commissioner for information, confirmed that he had died after a cardiac arrest.

Condolence messages have been pouring in for the ex-governor. Lai Mohammed, the publicity secretary of the APC, condoled with the Bayelsa state government over his death, praying that his family would find comfort in their moment of sadness, as well as the strength to bear the loss of their loved one.

Reacting to the demise of Alamieyeseigha, the Peoples Democratic Party said it was still in shock over the news, describing the development as deeply saddening.

Source: Daily Trust